PC 2016 red

Question 1

Do you know BM

Answer 1

• successful man : self made man à la FR
• single owner of 42 wine estate including 4 GCC
• all have in common the BM’s signature –> quality and excellence

Question 2

GCC

Answer 2

• best known qualification in the BDX appellation
• Great Classified Growth

Question 3

List of wines

Answer 3

• PC 2016 red
• PC 2018 white
• Fombrauge 2015
• Tour Carnet 2019
• Bdx de BM 2018 red
• Bdx de BM 2021 white
• L’âme de PC rouge 2019
• L’âme de PC blanc 2020
• ChateauNeuf du Pape 2021
• L’Aurore en Gascogne 21
• BM Napa Valley 19

Question 4

PC Rouge 2016

Answer 4

I- History
II- 2016 vintage
III- Blend
IV- Now let’s taste
V- Technical aspects

Question 5

I- History

Answer 5

• once owned by Pope Clement the Vth from Bdx
• first harvest in 1252 : one of the oldest estates in Bdx
• located on the left bank in the prestigious appellation Grand Cru Classé des Graves
• 60 ha : 53 dedicated to red other 7 to white
  Produced in small quantities : 150 000 units a year for the red
• Soils : grave soils, warm and well drained, put the CS in hydric stress and another part with clay soils : perfect for the Merlot

Question 6

II- 2016 vintage

Answer 6

EXCELLENT
- spring : lot of rain saturating the soils, water reserve
- summer : very dry
–> perfect conditions toward gravel soils

Question 7

III- Blend

Answer 7

56 % Cabernet Sauvignon : character and depth
40 % Merlot : aromatic complexity
4 % CF

Question 8

IV- Now let’s taste

Answer 8

• representative of Pessac Leognan’s wine : graphites notes (smells like pencil)
• really interesting wine because offers a full pallet of fruits in mouth
• very balanced : earthy taste makes it a bodied wine, fruits and violets make it a subtile and elegant wine
• Full palett of fruits –> ready to drink but acidity + silky tannins –> can age for 15 years

Question 9

Technical info

Answer 9

• Perfect mix between modern and traditional vineyard management
• traditional : tillage with animal traction, manual harvesting, manual destemming
• modern : parcel based management thanks to drones
• vinification : several sortings, maceration in wooden vats and concrete vats, 10-12 days fermentation in oak barrels, agigng for 18 months in oak barrels
  –> 95% of the work is done in the vineyard makes a diff in the glass